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...handing of the reins to Poterba, who was just a sophomore at the College when Feldstein became president, marks the end of an era for the NBER, a time in which Feldstein “reinvigorated” the bureau turned it into the central institute for economic research...
...have any opinion on president Summers’ remarks on women in science at the NBER [National Bureau of Economic Research...
...women now make up 57 percent of the national undergraduate population, compared to 39 percent in 1960. The study, titled “The Homecoming of American College Women: The Reversal of the College Gender Gap,” was published online by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and examines the reasons why females now constitute a majority of undergraduate students across the nation. According to the paper, the reversal of the college gender gap is due to “the persistence of behavioral and developmental differences between males and females.” The gender...
...casually leaning against a podium, Summers appeared comfortable with the audience of nearly 100 people, speaking without notes and cracking the occasional joke during his half-hour-long remarks. Summers said that since January 2005, when he delivered his now-infamous remarks at a National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) conference, he has learned that “the preconceptions that I had were wrong.” “I spoke in ways...14 months ago at the NBER that I obviously would not speak today if I had to do it over again...
Last January, I was slated to write one final piece on Kirby reflecting on developments during the last two years. Our interview was January 20, 2005, three days after word of Summers’ incendiary speech at the NBER conference hit the presses. Already, the school was abuzz, but for the first time in months, Kirby showed signs of his former candor and capacity for reflection...